Friday, August 22, 2014

-v- (versus)

When I lived in England I would often see the term -v- used to describe sporting events, for example football or cricket matches which generally meant "against" as in England -v- Holland or England -v- India. I realize I've been using it on my blog, and yet many readers, not from England, might wonder what this term means since versus is often written as vs. in other parts of the world. I've also come to realize that I'm not often using it to mean "against" but more often to mean "compared with" to recognize that there are different opinions or ways of looking at things. Today I thought I'd look back at all these posts to see what things I've compared over the years.

When I started this blog post I had no idea at all that I was going to search through my blog and find over 100 -v- posts over the past 4-5 years. I'm thinking that this shows something about myself and my thinking. I'm thinking also that I need to sort and categorize these a little more than a simple reverse chronological list. I'm thinking I might be able to take this further and maybe even put them all together into an e-book about different ways of thinking about things. I thinking about how I can connect this to the IB Learner Profile (maybe open minded? balanced?). Let's see. I'm now contemplating the possibilities.

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I've been teaching for over 25 years in international schools in Europe and Asia and am currently working at the American School of Bombay in India. My blog reflects my thoughts and wonderings as an educator, a tech director, and R&D core team member.